“Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man”
— WEB
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“Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man”
— WEB
“And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:”
— KJV
“And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good and righteous man”
— ASV
We have here an account of Christ's burial; for he must be brought not only to death, but to the dust of death (Psa 22:15), according to the sentence (Gen 3:19), To the dust thou shalt return. Observe, I. Who buried him. His acquaintance stood afar off; they had neither money to bear the charge nor courage to bear the odium of burying him decently; but God raised up one that had both, a man named Joseph, Luk 23:50. His character is that he was a good man and a just, a man of unspotted reputation for virtue and piety, not only just to all, but good to all that needed him (and care to bury the dead, as becomes the hope of the resurrection of the dead, is one instance of goodness and beneficence); he was a person of quality, a counsellor, a senator, a member of the sanhedrim, one of the elders of the Jewish church. Having said this of him, it was necessary to add that, though he was of that body of men who had put Christ to death, yet he had not consented to their counsel and deed (Luk 23:51), though it was carried by the majority, yet he entered his protest against it, and followed not the multitude to do evil. Note, That evil counsel or deed to which we have not consented shall not be reckoned our act.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)
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